Buddhadharma – The Practitioner's Guide Summer 2024
In this issue, leading dharma voices answer the question, “As Buddhists in today’s world, how can we live ethically, in accord with what the dharma teaches us — and why should we?” Features include an overview of the sila aspects (or “morality group”) of the Buddha’s Eightfold Path, as well as teachings on each of the aspects: Right (or Wise) Action, Speech, and Livelihood, making for an issue as practical as it is philosophical.
FEATURES
Ethics, Meditation, and Wisdom
Zen teacher and author Norman Fischer presents an overview of right action, right speech, and right livelihood — how they work, and how they work together — so that we can realize enlightened living.
How Right Action and Loving-Kindness Work Together
A feature on what it means to engage and commit ourselves to right action—both societal and personal—by Insight meditation teacher Nikki Mirghafori.
Right Speech: Discernment Guided by Compassion
Rev. Ryuei Michael McCormick, minister to the Nichiren Buddhist Sangha of the San
Francisco Bay Area—and author of the stunning “Looking to the ‘Three Powers’ for Patient Acceptance,” from our recent “Power & The Practitioner” issue—looks at what both the Buddha and Nichiren taught about right speech, especially in dealing with contentious issues.
Right Livelihood: Opening to the Joy of Work
In today’s interconnected and digital economy, it’s almost impossible to find a job or industry that, even if on its own is harmless, is not connected to another that is harmful. Maia Duerr, author of Work That Matters: Create a Livelihood that Reflects Your Core Intention, will explore how we can navigate this new terrain of work from the perspective of right livelihood, using a framework she calls the Six Keys of Liberation-Based Livelihood.